Necktie



Mah 12, 1946; 5. w. STEIN 9 4 NECKTIE Filed June 9, 1944,

INVEN TOR.

*50262' W. STE/N. 7 BY Patented Mar. 12, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to neckties of the particular type disclosed in the U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,153,650, issued to me April 11, 1939, and the principal objects of my invention are to generally improve upon and simplify the form of necktie shown in my aforesaid patent, as well as other existing forms of similar neckties and further, to provide a necktie with simple means for attaching same to the neck band for a collar or shirt and which attaching means is mounted on the bow portion of the tie, so that the latter may be shifted laterally in either direction so as to occupy a central portion between the front ends of the collar.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the front portion of a collar and showing a tie of improved construction attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the tie with the rear wall of the knot portion broken away to show the internally arranged parts of the fastener.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front portion of a collar with the front wall thereof broken away.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fastener.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of the fastener.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the fastener with parts broken away.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, It designates the neck band of a collar and I I the overlying outer wall of said collar and for the accommodation of the hooks of the tie fastener narrow pieces of tape I2 are secured by spaced rows of stitching I3 or otherwise to the outer face of the neck band thereby forming a series of half loops I4.

If desired short pieces of cord as shown in my aforesaid issued patent may be used in place of the tapes I2. The body of my improved tie comprises a knot portion K from which depends a flowing skirt portion S, and secured within the upper portion of the knot K, by stitching or otherwise, is a small plate like member I 5 formed from a piece of thin metal, cardboard, plastics or the like, bent double so as to form two thicknesses of material, with the upper portion of material spaced apart to form a transversely disposed loop l'o'.

Arranged to slide through loop I6 is a narrow elongated loop I'I, preferably formed of resilient wire, and from the ends of said loop, extended portions of the wire project outwardly and upwardly to form curved arms I8 which terminate in depending hooks I9.

The knot portion K of the tie with its padding, is formed around plate I5, so that same occupies a position in the upper central portion of said knot and thus the transverse loop I! occupies a position within the upper portion of the knot, with the arms extending out through apertures A provided in the upper sides of said knot.

A staple like member 20 of wire or thread passes through the walls of loop I 6 above and below the lower member of loop I'I, thus serving as a stop to limit the sliding movement of said loop and the arms I8 in both directions.

To apply the tie collar band, the front points of the overlying portion of the collar are turned upward and the hooks I9 are engaged in a pair of the flexible loops I 4.

-After the upturned points of the collar are lowered over the upper corners of the knot portion of the tie, the latter and plate I5 secured thereto may be shifted lengthwise of loop I1, so as to locate the knot in proper central position between the forward ends of the overlying portion of the collar.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified construction wherein an arm 2| curved lengthwise and provided at its ends with depending hooks 22 is 1 stamped or cut from thin sheet metal, Celluloid or the like and provided with a centrally arranged longitudinally disposed slot 23.

This arm is mounted to slide through a loop 24a formed at the upper end of a plate 24 similar to plate I5 and which is secured within the knot portion of the tie.

Obviously the fastening means comprising the parts I5, I1 and I8 may be associated with the knot portions of the bow ties as well as conventional four-in-hand ties.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a necktie fastener which is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

The loop forming tapes I2 may be applied to both sides of the neck bands of reversible collars, also to the outer faces of the neck bands of shirts having attached collars.

of my improved neckties may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A necktie fastener comprising a plate adapted to be embedded in the knot portion of a necktie, the upper portion of said plate being formed into a horizontally disposed loop, a horizontally disposed member provided with a centrally disposed elongated loop that is arranged for sliding movement through the loop at the upper end of said plate and a staple seated in the walls of the loop portion of said plate, one of the legs of which staple passes through the loop in said sliding member.

GEORGE W. STEIN. 

